Chemical and Biological Processes in Fluid Flows

Download or read book Chemical and Biological Processes in Fluid Flows written by Zolt n Neufeld and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many chemical and biological processes take place in fluid environments in constant motion ? chemical reactions in the atmosphere, biological population dynamics in the ocean, chemical reactors, combustion, and microfluidic devices. Applications of concepts from the field of nonlinear dynamical systems have led to significant progress over the last decade in the theoretical understanding of complex phenomena observed in such systems.This book introduces the theoretical approaches for describing mixing and transport in fluid flows. It reviews the basic concepts of dynamical phenomena arising from the nonlinear interactions in chemical and biological systems. The coverage includes a comprehensive overview of recent results on the effect of mixing on spatial structure and the dynamics of chemically and biologically active components in fluid flows, in particular oceanic plankton dynamics.